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Jacques Derrida
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Jackie Élie Derrida
July 15, 1930 El Biar, French Algeria
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Died | October 9, 2004 Paris, France
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(aged 74)
Education | B.A., M.A., Dr. cand.: École Normale Supérieure Postgraduate studies: Harvard University DrE: University of Paris |
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Marguerite Aucouturier
(m. 1957–2004) |
Era | 20th-century philosophy |
Region | Western philosophy |
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Jacques Derrida (15 July 1930 - 9 October 2004) was a French philosopher. He was born in El Biar, French Algeria into a Sephardic Jewish family originally from Toledo, Spain. He developed a form of semiotic analysis known as deconstruction. His work is called post-structualism and associated with postmodern philosophy.
During his career Derrida published more than 40 books, together with hundreds of essays and public presentations. He had a significant influence upon the humanities and social sciences, including philosophy, literature, law, anthropology, historiography, applied linguistics, sociolinguistics, psychoanalysis and political theory.
Derrida died of pancreatic cancer in a Paris hospital on October 9, 2004. He was 74 years old.
See also
In Spanish: Jacques Derrida para niños
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